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Garbage Reveals Governance Gaps

Srinagar, Oct. 24 -- Garbage pile at the edge of a city is often treated as the end of a process and in reality, it is evidence of where the process failed. Every heap of mixed waste, every overflowin... Read More


'Test of regionalism': Pacific church group calls for review of Israel's PIF role

Fiji, Oct. 23 -- The region's premier ecumenical organisation is calling for Israel's new partnership with the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) to be reviewed. The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC), wh... Read More


'Cut the umbilical cord': Bougainville's bid to break away from Papua New Guinea faces reckoning

Fiji, Oct. 23 -- For decades, the distant island of Bougainville has fought for secession from Papua New Guinea, for a future as an independent nation of its own. This week, that long-running aspirat... Read More


Traditional journalism in the age of fakery

Fiji, Oct. 23 -- Amid the uncontrollable surge of information online and the growing influence of social media, I heard it buzzing around: print is dying. Hashtags are the new headlines. Is this proj... Read More


Connecting climate change and Pacific biodiversity at the CBD COP17

Fiji, Oct. 23 -- Pacific Islands are negotiating to ensure "Sea-Level Rise" remains in the preamble of the outcomes for the Seventeenth Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Div... Read More


Who Protects the Vulnerable?

Srinagar, Oct. 23 -- When a child is abandoned, abused, trafficked, homeless or accused before the law, the State cannot afford a vacuum. For that child, protection is not an abstract promise written ... Read More


Tanzania's golfing future starts at grassroots

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 23 -- TANZANIAS golfing landscape is entering an exciting new chapter. The opening of the Serengeti Golf Course signals more than the expansion of sports infrastructure; it present... Read More


Australia supports establishment of Renewable Energy Commissioner for the Pacific

Fiji, Oct. 22 -- A Pacific-led initiative to establish a Renewable Energy Commissioner (REC) for the Pacific has received support from Australia. The initiative is designed to strengthen energy secur... Read More


Q&A ADB's new Pacific approach

Fiji, Oct. 22 -- Facing some of the world's highest exposure to disasters related to the changing climate, high costs of delivering services, and a need to continuously build institutional capacity, P... Read More


PNG Parliament urged to balance Bougainville Independence with national unity

Fiji, Oct. 22 -- Papua New Guinea's Parliament has been urged to respect Bougainville's overwhelming vote for independence while carefully weighing the constitutional and national implications of a de... Read More